Ryan Flynn, PhD
Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
- Director of Medical Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology
Education
- BA in Physics and Mathematics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
- MS in Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- PhD in Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Research Interests
- Research Summary
Licenses & Certifications
- Therapeutic Medical Physics, American Board of Radiology
Selected Publications
- Bennett LC, Hyer DE, Vu J, Patwardhan K, Erhart K, Gutierrez AN, Pons E, Jensen E, Ubau M, Zapata J, Wroe A, Wake K, Nelson NP, Culberson WS, Smith BR, Hill PM, Flynn RT. Patient-specific quality assurance of dynamically-collimated proton therapy treatment plans. Med Phys. 2024 Sep;51(9):5901-5910. doi: 10.1002/mp.17295. Epub 2024 Jul 8. PMID: 38977285.
- Flynn RT, Smith BR, Adams QE, Patwardhan K, Graves SA, Hopfensperger KM. A re-activation model for 169Yb intensity modulated brachytherapy sources accounting for spatiotemporal isotopic composition. Med Phys. 2024 May;51(5):3604-3618. doi: 10.1002/mp.17048. Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38558460.
- Bennett LC, Hyer DE, Erhart K, Nelson NP, Culberson WS, Smith BR, Hill PM, Flynn RT. PETRA: A pencil beam trimming algorithm for analytical proton therapy dose calculations with the dynamic collimation system. Med Phys. 2023 Nov;50(11):7263-7280. doi: 10.1002/mp.16559. Epub 2023 Jun 27. PMID: 37370239; PMCID: PMC10751389.
- Nelson NP, Culberson WS, Hyer DE, Geoghegan TJ, Patwardhan KA, Smith BR, Flynn RT, Gutiérrez AN, Boland T, Hill PM. Integration and dosimetric validation of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2023 Oct 25;9(6):10.1088/2057-1976/ad02ff. doi: 10.1088/2057-1976/ad02ff. PMID: 37832529; PMCID: PMC11128250.
- Bennett LC, Hyer DE, Erhart K, Nelson NP, Culberson WS, Smith BR, Hill PM, Flynn RT. PETRA: A pencil beam trimming algorithm for analytical proton therapy dose calculations with the dynamic collimation system. Med Phys. 2023 Nov;50(11):7263-7280. doi: 10.1002/mp.16559. Epub 2023 Jun 27. PMID: 37370239; PMCID: PMC10751389.
- Flynn RT, Smith BR, Adams QE, Patwardhan K, Graves SA, Hopfensperger KM. A re-activation model for 169Yb intensity modulated brachytherapy sources accounting for spatiotemporal isotopic composition. Med Phys. 2024 May;51(5):3604-3618. doi: 10.1002/mp.17048. Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38558460.
- Bennett Laura, Hyer Daniel E, Erhart Kevin J, Nelson Nicholas P, Culberson Wesley S, Smith Blake R, Hill Patrick M and Flynn Ryan T. Validation of the Analytical Pencil Beam Trimming Algorithm (PETRA) for Proton Therapy Dose Calculations with Dynamic Collimation System. AAPM 2023
- Nelson Nicholas P, Culberson Welsey S, Hyer Daniel E, Geoghegan Theodore J, Patwardhan Kaustubh A, Smith Blake R, Flynn Ryan T, Boland Thibault, Smeets Julien, Yu Jen, Gutierrez Alonso N and Hill Patrick M. Treatment Planning Considerations for Dynamically Collimated Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. AAPM 2023
- Geoghegan Theodore J, Nelson Nicholas Pierre, Patwardhan Kaustubh A, Boland Thibault, Smith Blake R, Hill Patrick M, Flynn Ryan T, Yu Jen, Gutierrez Alonso N. Smeets Julien, Hyer Daniel E. The Development, Integration and Validation of the Dynamic Collimation System for Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. AAPM 2023
- Smith Blake R, Hyer Daniel R, Flynn Ryan T. Speleo Filter: A Beam Filtration Apparatus and Method for Efficient Scanned Proton Beam Arc Therapy. AAPM 2023